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GIFT  OF 


IN  THE  GOOD  OLD  GOLDEN  WEST 

BY 
STANTON  ELLIOT 


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OH,  A  SONG  I  WOULD  BE  SINGIN' 

FROM  THIS  FAIR,  PACIFIC  SHORE, 

TO  THE  CHAP  WHO  IS  A-CLINGIN' 

TO  A  LIFE  THAT  IS  A  BORE: 

THERE'S  A  COUNTRY  THAT'S  A-WATON' 

WITH  A  WELCOME  IN  THE  AIR 

FOR  THE  PLUCK  THAT'S  UP  AN'  LAFFIN' 

AND  THE  MAN  WHO'S  ON  THE  SQUARE; 

FROM  THE  VAST  SIERRA  HIGHLAND 

TO  THE  COLORADO'S  ROAR, 

FROM  THE  CATALINA  ISLAND 

TO  "THE  CANYON'S"  ROCKY  FLOOR,- 

OH,  I  LOVE  THE  EASY  FREEDOM, 

AND  THE  LUCK  THAT'S  IN  THE  GROUND, 

AND  THE  LOYAL,  ROYAL  SPIRIT 

FROM  THE  PLAINS  TO  PUGET  SOUND. 

'MID  THE  YELLOWSTONE'S  WILD  FOUNTAINS 
AND  THE  GARDEN  OF  THE  GODS, 
ROUND  YOSEMITE'S  PARKED  MOUNTAINS 
WHERE  THE  GOLDEN  SUNSET  NODS, 
LET  ME  ROAM  THROUGH  NATURE'S  STORY,- 
DREAM  THE  DREAMS  THAT  WAIT  FOR  ALL 
WHO  WOULD  FIND  A  MATCHLESS  GLORY 
IN  THE  MAGIC  OF  HER  CALL. 

OH, THERE'S  ROOM  FOR  EV'RY  MORTAL 
IN  THE  LAND  I  LOVE  THE  BEST, 
AN'  THERE'S  WELCOME  IN  EACH  PORTAL 
IN  THE  GOOD  OLD  GOLDEN  WEST,- 
WHERE  THE  EVERGREENS  ARE  MIGHTY 
AN'  ALL  NATURE  FILLS  THE  EYES, 
FROM  THE  SPLENDOR  OF  THE  ROCKIES 
TO  THE  WEST-GATE'S  PARADISE. 


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Copyright,  19 15,  by  John  J.  Newbegin 
San  Francisco 

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Printed  by 

The  Blair-Murdock  Company 


Gaylord  Bros. 

Makers 

Syracuse,  N.-Y. 

MT.  JAN.  21, 1908 


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